Saturday, February 16, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
NER RallyX 1-27-08
In the end Richie dug himself out of a 12th place hole in the morning due to a spin and came up to 7th of 22 cars. In the morning I had a 4 secondish lead on PSG'r Matt Gleiner which meant a couple cones, spin or DNF could have been disaster in the afternoon. We both held tight on the afternoon skating rink and avoided the triple sow cow and stayed 1 & 2 for the class.
Results for the sunday event can be seen here:
http://webpages.charter.net/carsoft/NER%202008%202.pdf
All 3 event results:
http://webpages.charter.net/carsoft/2008Results.htm
Here's some in-car video:
Richie:
Jay:
Tons of Pics and Vids can be found in these 2 threads:
http://www.ctsubie.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1130
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1409632
Big thanks to Richie for the fun day and NER for putting on a great event. Also thank you's to Dan for the setup info and Matt Gleiner for posting Saturday pics. Because of that pic of the snowy field I brought boots to keep my tootsies warm! hahahahaa Congrats to Matt for his National win in SA!
I also have to say I was pretty impressed with the CTSubie crew for not only getting a ton of people out to the event (and most were driving!) but they managed to pull off an early morning caravan and arrive on time.
ok, time for the stall story......gee I wonder what Jay and Richie are looking at....
So this corner was damn slow, I got greedy and wanted to drop to 1st. Well I don't normally LFB so I fully geeked the downshift and had my left foot firmly planted on the brake and not the clutch. Then we stopped and it stalled. So in the video of my run when the camera turns off/on...well I had to restart the car and start cursing alot :)
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
cha-ching!
joe had to be a wiseass and pay me over 20g's in twenties, fiddies, and hundies!
come pick up the rest of your parts, wiseass! i need to make room!
so the s2k got some love.. thanks davizzle!
the most expensive front swaybar EVER is on order too from bill gendron @ smallfortune racing. the stupid bar cost me a small fortune!
that's it. i need to find some wheels and stickies and i'm done. the s2k was supposed to be just for 'fun' but i couldn't resist.
after some troubleshooting, parts swapping, and CEL clearing, the 2.5rs to ready to be bashed through the woods of vermont in 2 weekends! woohoo!!
-dan
Thursday, January 17, 2008
vermont winter challenge time!
here's the event info.. sign up!!
New England Region, SCCA
Winter Challenge Rally
16 February 2008
The Winter Challenge Rally will be an all night winter rally run regardless of weather. Although no car-breaking roads will be used, the majority of the roads chosen are rural, unpaved roads which will be undoubtedly be snow and ice covered.
The Winter Challenge Rally will be broken into 3 sections with each section having its own format and challenges.
Section I: A TSD rally, Lightly, speed-trapped, with challenging speeds yet still viable to those new to traps with previous TSD rally experience, a good introduction to trap rallys and winter driving.
Section II: A TSD Map rally with more challenging speeds. Not recommended to drivers inexperienced in serious winter driving.
Section III: A TSD brisk winter rally in the tradition of past Buffum rallys.
The Winter Challenge Rally will be included in several different rally series or
Championships.
New England Winter: Sections I & II: This rally is part of the New England Rally Championship & the NEDiv Series. NER Classes A and S.
Vermont Winter: Section II & III: This rally is part of the New England Rally Championship & the NEDiv Series. NER Classes A and S.
General:
The Rally will headquarter at the Day’s Inn, 173 Main St, Barre, VT 05641 [802-476-6678] (Note this date is President’s Weekend and room go fast. Reserve Early!
NOTE: The SCCA now requires all competitors to be members of SCCA. The weekend membership fee is included in the surcharge for non-members. Only the form must be completed.
The rally committee reserves the right to restrict entries based on experience.
The rally will have a limited entry.
In an attempt to even the competition, the VT Winter rally will have a penalty system for 4-wheel drive entrants.
There will also be an award for the best overall placing in the combined 3 sections.
To reserve a space & receive an Official Entry package contact Ted Goddard, Registrar, P.O.Box 267, Perkinsville, VT 05151. [tel: 802-263-5678; fax: 802-263-9540; email: tedgcb@tds.net]